WTH? Microsoft funding conservatives' plan to teach kids that global warming's a hoax

[janedrake]

Came across this item at ThinkProgress:

Quote:Internal documents acquired by ThinkProgress Green reveal that the Heartland Institute, a right-wing think tank funded by the Koch brothers, Microsoft, and other top corporations, is planning to develop a “global warming curriculum” for elementary schoolchildren that presents climate science as “a major scientific controversy.” This effort, at a cost of $100,000 a year, will be developed by Dr. David E. Wojick, a coal-industry consultant.

More at the link:
http://thinkprogress.org/green/2012/02/1...2-schools/

[jaxx]

Is this why the GOP wants to get rid of the Dept. of Education? We know this kind of crap is taught in private schools, but to mainstream such pap is outrageous.

[janedrake]

You know, Jaxx - this is the kind of thing that really concerns me about the future of the country - it looks to me like Republicans, knowing that they are slated to become the minority in this country, are right now attempting to become the minority that controls voting rights in this country, controls education in the country - busts up unions, etc. - so that they, as the minority, will still control the majority. This particular quote from the article is what I found most disturbing:

Quote:"“Principals and teachers are heavily biased toward the alarmist perspective,” Heartland’s confidential 2012 fundraising document bemoans. The group believes that Wojick’s project has “potential for great success,” because he has “contacts at virtually all the national organizations involved in producing, certifying, and promoting scientific curricula.” The document explains that Wojick will produce “modules” that promote the conspiratorial claim that climate change is “controversial”...."